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List of Mandé speaking ethnic groups in Africa
This is a
list of Mandé peoples of Africa.
The predominant countries of each group's residence are shown in bold and are italicised.
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Manding (whose languages are in the
Manding languages group of Mande)
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Bambara people (
Mali,
Burkina Faso,
Senegal,
Niger)
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Bozo people (Mali)
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Dyula people (Mali, Burkina Faso,
Côte d'Ivoire,
Ghana,
Guinea)
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Mandinka people (Mali, Guinea, Senegal,
Guinea-Bissau,
Sierra Leone,
The Gambia)
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Mandingo people (Sierra Leone, Guinea,
Liberia)
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Susu people (Guinea, Sierra Leone)
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Yalunka people (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Mali)
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Bafour people (Senegal, Mali) (Extinct: ancestors of present day Soninke and other Mandé groups)
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Banka people (Mali)
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Beng people (Côte d'Ivoire)
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Bissa people (Burkina Faso, Ghana,
Togo)
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Bobo people (Burkina Faso, Mali)
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Boko people (
Benin,
Nigeria)
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Busa people (Nigeria)
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Duun people (Mali, Burkina Faso)
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Gban people (Côte d'Ivoire)
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Gbandi people (Liberia, Guinea)
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Gio people (Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia)
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Goo people (Côte d'Ivoire)
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Guro people (Côte d'Ivoire)
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Jakhanke people (Guinea, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali)
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Jeri people (Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso)
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Jowulu people (Mali)
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Kakabe people (Guinea)
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Kissi people (Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone)
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Kono people (Sierra Leone)
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Kpee people (Burkina Faso)
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Kpelle people (Sierra Leone, Liberia)
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Kuranko people (Sierra Leone, Guinea)
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Kyenga people (Nigeria, Benin)
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Lele people (Guinea)
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Ligbi people (Ghana)
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Loko people (Sierra Leone)
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Loma people (Guinea, Liberia)
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Mano people (Liberia)
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Mende people (Sierra Leone, Liberia)
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Mikhifore people (Guinea)
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Mwan people (Côte d'Ivoire)
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Samo people (Burkina Faso)
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Seenku people (Burkina Faso)
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Shangawa people(Nigeria)
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Soninke people (Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana)
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Soninke Wangara (Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana) (Extinct: sub-group of the Soninke)
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Tura people (Côte d'Ivoire)
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Vai people (Liberia, Sierra Leone)
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Wan people (Côte d'Ivoire)
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Yaure people (Côte d'Ivoire)
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Zialo people (Guinea)
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